“When you’re just starting out, you don’t know what you don't know.” The property industry is the biggest employer in Australia, with more than one million people nation-wide working in real estate-related jobs. The lead article in the latest edition of Your Investment Property magazine called “The...
Longest interest rate dry spell The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep interest rates steady at 1.5% The RBA hasn’t raised official interest rates since late 2010, while rates have remained stagnant since August 2016 – the longest spell of policy inertia to date. While last year...
Death and the inevitable flow-on effects – whether socially, emotionally or financially – on family and friends can be so significant that we often dare not even broach the topic. But, in doing so, we fail to put in place proper contingency plans that would help...
An opportunity to invest in the real estate future of Australia Socially responsible investing is not a new term, however it’s about to be opened up to a whole new audience. Property platform Next Address is the next Australian business announcing its raise on new equity platform, Birchal. Expressions...
As the number of bedrooms in a home increases, so too does its value. This may seem fairly obvious, but the other question you may be asking is, does your location factor into this? The short answer is, yes! Will a bedroom add value to a home? We’ve...
New research has identified Australian regions where swinging relative demand will see freewheeling property owners enjoy good times. Property research site, LocationScore.com.au have released their half-yearly LocationScore Property Swingers Report – a study that lays bare demand vs. supply across Australia’s 20 largest Significant Urban Areas (SUA). LocationScore have also highlighted the most promising...
Like many Australians, Travis Lambe and his wife, Connie, were interested in property investing as a way to build their wealth while they worked hard to pay off their home and save for retirement. “We had paid down quite a bit of the debt on our...
The South Australian capital has traditionally been the home of slow and steady price growth, riding out the peaks and troughs of the Melbourne and Sydney markets with flatter periods and modest gains. Seemingly immune to the boom and bust conditions experienced elsewhere, the City of...
26 April 2018: Today’s announcement from APRA to remove the investor loan growth benchmark will see some banks cut investor rates to lure back more investors into the lucrative sector. Banks introduced higher rates for investor loans following the introduction of the cap on investor lending, announced...